‘Well I was thinking of putting it on the market around December, you know, catch people when they are thinking of next year’s holidays.’ ‘Let...me know before you do anything. I’ll see if I can match your price, or offer a cash deal.’ ‘Yes, yes I’ll do that. I need the money to buy out Lavinia. I suppose I wouldn’t have been offered the chance if you hadn’t bought the share in the business in the first place.’ She turned just as she got to her car and I swear her eyes were unusually shiny.. However, Roger drew the line at that -- he was a Ford man through and through, and the Geo, while it was nice, had been sold by General Motors. Worse, it had been based on a design by Suzuki, in other words, Japanese, which was the height of hypocrisy to a good United Auto Workers member like he had been. There was no way he was going to be caught dead in what was, for at least some practical intents and purposes, a Japanese Chevy. A Ford Escort, or maybe an old Festiva if one could be found in. “Do you plan to unlock the door so we can go in?” he wondered. Hailey quickly thrust the keys in his direction but his hands were full of books and his backpack.“It’s the one not shaped like a car key,” he said. Flustered, Hailey fumbled a bit before she managed to unlock the door and push it open.“I didn’t even think about you not being able to get in,” she told him.“Me either,” Phil replied. “At least until I reached the door and watched the taillights disappear down the street. It’s no big. ’ ‘Jonathan Porter? That was the name of the ship that was on the news this morning.’ ‘I haven’t seen the news today but, yes, there is a ship by the same name. It’s a cruise ship. I took a vacation on it earlier in the year.’ ‘It nearly ran aground last night on the rocks off the point,’ Greta said. The nurse paused and frowned. ‘I wonder how that happened. Those new ships have all kinds of radar and satellite tracking and computer navigation. The Captain took us on a tour of the ship’s.